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The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions West Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. From 1518 to mid century. The impact was to supplied the enormous profits to international slave traders. -
Period: 1518 to
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions West Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. From 1518 to mid century. The impact was to supplied the enormous profits to international slave traders. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion. it's significance was The Missouri Compromise to create a balance between slave and non-slave states -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County. It freed all the slaves so they can have freedom. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was the term used to describe a network of meeting places, secret routes, passageways and safe houses used by slaves in the U.S. to escape slave holding states to northern states and Canada. It resulted freedom for everyone. -
The Fugitive Slave Clause
The fugitive slave clause was the act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding escaped slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. It allowed the United States to expand its territory by accepting California as a state. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
It's the story of Uncle Tom who is a slave. While being transported by boat to auction in New Orleans, Tom saves the life of Little Eva, whose grateful father then purchases Tom. Eva and Tom soon become great friends. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
it was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It's significance was to appeal the Missouri Compromise. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. The impact that he made was to having to live in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person. -
John Brown’s Raid
Brown's raids made some states to pass harsher slave laws, making it harder for the slaves to meet and talk. So it made life harder on the slaves in the South and it also encouraged some Northerners to help escaping slaves. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln. It confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom.